Mandy Rae Mann v. State ( 2014 )

COURT OF APPEALS
SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS
FORT WORTH
NO. 02-14-00298-CR
NO. 02-14-00299-CR
MANDY RAE MANN APPELLANT
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS STATE
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FROM THE 371ST DISTRICT COURT OF TARRANT COUNTY
TRIAL COURT NOS. 1363887D, 1368510D
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MEMORANDUM OPINION1
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On July 2, 2014, as part of a plea-bargain agreement, Appellant Mandy
Rae Mann pleaded guilty to possession of a controlled substance or dangerous
drug in a correctional facility and to possession of less than one gram of heroin.
See Tex. Health & Safety Code Ann. § 481.115 (West 2010); Tex. Penal Code
Ann. § 38.11(d)(1) (West 2011). In accordance with the plea-bargain agreement,
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See Tex. R. App. P. 47.4.
the trial court sentenced Appellant to nine months’ confinement in state jail for
each offense, to be served concurrently. The trial court certified in both cases
that Appellant had no right to appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(a)(2).
On July 11, Appellant filed pro se notices of appeal in the trial court. See
Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(c), 26.2. On July 30, we notified Appellant that the trial
court had certified that she had no right to appeal and that we would dismiss the
appeals unless Appellant or any party desiring to continue the appeals filed a
response showing grounds for continuing the appeals no later than August 11.
See Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(d), 44.3. Appellant did not respond. The record does
not show that Appellant’s sentences exceeded the State’s recommendations,
that Appellant desires to appeal a matter that was raised by written motion filed
and ruled on before trial, or that the trial court granted Appellant permission to
appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(a)(2). Thus, in accordance with the trial
court’s certification, we dismiss these appeals. See Tex. R. App. P. 25.2(d),
43.2(f); Chavez v. State, 183 S.W.3d 675, 680 (Tex. Crim. App. 2006).
/s/ Lee Gabriel
LEE GABRIEL
JUSTICE
PANEL: LIVINGSTON, C.J.; DAUPHINOT and GABRIEL, JJ.
DO NOT PUBLISH
Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b)
DELIVERED: September 18, 2014
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